Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits - 03/04
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1993 20:04:20 GMT
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- Ric Flair won't be wrestling for WCW until the June Clash (06/15/93?).
It turns out the WWF is still maneuvering to stop Flair from being
able to get in the ring right away. The WWF had originally played
dumb in giving Flair his release, stopping him from even appearing
at any WCW shows. Sid Vicious is also waiting for the WWF to give
him a proper release.
- Rumour has WCW running a PPV on 05/23/93.
- WCW is running a tournament to crown a new TV champion. Matches will air
on WCW World Wide and WCW Main Event.
Erik Watts --\ /-- Paul Orndorff
(def. Johnny Gunn) \ / (def. 2 Cold Scorpio)
|--\ /--|
/ \ / \
Maxx Payne --/ \ / \-- Cactus Jack
(def. M. Bagwell) \ / (def. Tom Zenk)
|-- Final --|
/ | \ /-- Steve Regal
Robbie V --\ / | \ /--|
(def. S. Pierce) \ / WCW TV \ / \-- Barbarian
|--/ Champ \--|
Vinnie Vegas --\ / \
|--/ \-- Johnny B. Badd
Van Hammer --/ (def. Chris Benoit)
- Van Vader's contract with WCW expires today. Word is he's staying
on with WCW. Vader faces Sting in the Omni on 03/28/93, with rumour
having that being a title change match.
- WCW will air an edited mini-PPV of the 01/04/93 Tokyo Dome show. The
taped show airs in my area on 03/13/93 and 03/14/93 for $9.95, with
no length or match list given. Matches that are said to be on the
show:
- Great Muta vs. Masa Chono for the NWA Title
*- Sting vs. Hiro Hase
*- Ron Simmons vs. Tony Halme
- Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu
*- Dustin Rhodes & Scott Norton vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Masa Saito
- Jushin Riger vs. Ultimo Dragon
*- Steiners vs. Hell Raisers: Hawk & Kensuke Sasaki
The final tag match was announced in the promo for the show as were the
matches with Ron Simmons, Sting and Dustin Rhodes. The match times
for all of the listed matches (bell to bell) total just over 1:45.
Gary Will and I watched all of these matches from Japanese TV last
night, actually all but Ron Simmons vs. Tony Halme (what a loss! ;-).
It should be a good PPV if they don't butcher the matches.
- WWF has WrestleMania on 04/04/93 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
The tentative line-up looks like this:
*- Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna for the WWF Title
*- Giant Gonzales vs. Undertaker
*- Curt Hennig vs. Lex Luger
*- Crush vs. Doink the Clown
*- Tatanka vs. Shawn Michaels for the IC Title
*- Steiners vs. Headshrinkers
- Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake vs. Money, Inc.
The "*" matches have been announced on TV or at a press conference.
- Shawn Michaels should be out for a couple more weeks with his shoulder
injury. Ditto Razor Ramon for his knee injury. Ron Simmons should be
back in WCW in April after healing his shoulder. Ditto Rick Rude.
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Herb...